Psalmi 129

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1 Canticum ascensionum. Saepe expugnaverunt me a iuventute mea, dicat nunc Israel,	1 A song of ascents. Much have they oppressed me from my youth, now let Israel say.
2 saepe expugnaverunt me a iuventute mea, etenim non potuerunt adversum me.	2 Much have they oppressed me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed.
3 Supra dorsum meum araverunt aratores, prolongaverunt sulcos suos.	3 Upon my back the plowers plowed, as they traced their long furrows.
4 Dominus autem iustus concidit cervices peccatorum.	4 But the just LORD cut me free from the ropes of the yoke of the wicked.
5 Confundantur et convertantur retrorsum omnes, qui oderunt Sion.	5 May they be scattered in disgrace, all who hate Zion.
6 Fiant sicut fenum tectorum, quod, priusquam evellatur, exaruit;	6 May they be like grass on the rooftops withered in early growth,
7 de quo non implevit manum suam, qui metit, et sinum suum, qui manipulos colligit.	7 Never to fill the reaper's hands, nor the arms of the binders of sheaves,
8 Et non dixerunt, qui praeteribant: “ Benedictio Domini super vos, benedicimus vobis in nomine Domini ”.	8 With none passing by to call out: "The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!"